Wow, what a fun song. I can't wait to hear Stephen's reaction to this. (And you know it'll happen.)

Thanks for posting this! I'm completely taken.posted by hippybear at 3:39 PM on February 15, 2011

Awwwww, Molly Lewis makes me so happy. I always get a little joy-teary when I hear her songs. Surely she has an album by now?posted by AzzaMcKazza at 3:40 PM on February 15, 2011

Stephen has a sister, I believe, so he may not be the sole repository of Fry DNA left. He has also stated on at least one occasion that certain women have turn his head, so to speak, so it's not altogether impossible that some Fry progeny are forthcoming, somewhere down the road. My suspicion is that the BBC has a clone or two waiting in the wings.posted by doctor_negative at 3:41 PM on February 15, 2011

Sometimes I hate youtube, other times genuinely creative people use it post fun things.

Perhaps a little more time should've been put into the lyric "plant your genome in an infant, sir".posted by Flunkie at 3:42 PM on February 15, 2011

A better one? Better than this? I'm not sure that's even possible.

Right after posting that, I realized that might be one of those things I'm not supposed to say. My apologies. I meant "one that I personally like a lot, lot better."posted by Xezlec at 3:43 PM on February 15, 2011

I think my new goal in life is to do something so great that I get an email from Adam Savage relaying something from Stephen Fry.posted by Memo at 6:40 AM on February 16, 2011 [10 favorites]

I am not normally a fan of cute girls playing ukulele on Youtube. And, while I like Stephen Fry okay, I am not a normally a fan of the sort of fandom he seems to inspire in some circles. And yet, I like this.posted by ManInSuit at 6:41 AM on February 16, 2011

I am not normally a fan of cute girls playing ukulele on Youtube.

Huh, that's one of the few things that can pierce my shriveled heart's cold black shell. That, and songs from Newsies.

I like her cover of "Pokerface." I am slightly dismayed at her using those crappy headphones from Urban Outfitters, but she seems to be doing fine.posted by Maaik at 8:32 AM on February 16, 2011

I desperately want her to make a duet with Jonathan Coulton. Pleeease universe?posted by Kickdrum at 4:10 PM on February 16, 2011

I desperately want her to make a duet with Jonathan Coulton. Pleeease universe?
There are a couple on her blog (both, unfortunately of the same song).posted by juv3nal at 5:22 PM on February 16, 2011 [2 favorites]

Update: apparently she gets to go to Harvard and play the song for Stephen Fry at an event next week at which he is being honored by the the Harvard Secular Society. Her blog has the announcement (OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGOD)posted by mmahaffie at 4:59 PM on February 19, 2011

Is her boyfriend to come too?posted by Namlit at 11:10 AM on February 20, 2011

Molly performed this at the Seattle iteration of w00tstock before she'd actually completed it, a feat that convinced me that her creative audacity knows no bounds. She is utterly fantastic.posted by fairytale of los angeles at 4:10 PM on February 20, 2011

K Records style Olympia-twee is back, then, I suppose.posted by Joseph Gurl at 6:23 PM on February 20, 2011

Here's to the hope that the egg gets fertilized on the first try.posted by crunchland at 7:41 PM on February 20, 2011

...on the first fry (keep it classy, mate)posted by Namlit at 12:35 AM on February 21, 2011

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